> But, sadly, politics is rarely about understanding each other or reaching consensus
This made a recollection (possibly a lucid dream) about a country who has replaced an (implicit or explicit) adversarial system with one that starts by getting the parties to co-author a document on what they agree upon.
I think this is what our politics (organisational and the representative system alike) should try to implement
I feel this way too - having to distance myself from the messenger, but there is so much to learn in How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big[0]